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{{Managing a Moodle site}}
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The version of Moodle which your site is using can be found if you login as an administrator and go to ''Administration > Site administration > Notifications''.


For Moodle sites with the English or German [[Language packs|language]], if you are a regular teacher with no admin access, you might be able to find your Moodle version by clicking on "Moodle docs for this page" at the bottom of any Moodle page when logged in. If your admin  has allowed this link to display, you should be taken to the documentation for your version of Moodle. Look at the number in the URL e.g. 29 or 31 which mean you are using Moodle 2.9 or 3.1 respectively.
==What version of Moodle am I using?==


{{Note|If your Moodle site uses a [[Language packs|language]] other than English or German, your Moodle Docs are not organized in as many versions and you are out of luck with this tip.}}
The version of Moodle which your site is using can be found if you log in as an administrator and go to ''Site administration > Notifications''.


For a list of all past Moodle versions, see [[:dev:Releases]].
==Finding the version of Moodle if you are not an admin==
 
For Moodle sites in English or German (only), if you are a regular teacher with no admin access, you might be able to find your Moodle version by clicking on "Moodle Docs for this page" at the bottom of any Moodle page when logged in. If your admin  has allowed this link to display, you should be taken to the documentation for your version of Moodle. Look at the number in the URL e.g. 27 or 32 which mean you are using Moodle 2.7 or 3.2 respectively.


==Version.php file==
==Version.php file==
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Note: You cannot view the contents of version.php in your browser - you must use a text editor.
Note: You cannot view the contents of version.php in your browser - you must use a text editor.
== Discovering Version programmatically ==
The above variables are copied into the $CFG global object. If you are writing custom code for Moodle you can access $CFG->version and $CFG->release.
IF you have system administrator level of account, you can also use the Site administration block => Server => Environment and it will show you which Moodle 2.x code base you are using.


==See also==
==See also==


* MDL-26852 No way provided for users to determine Moodle build information
* [[:dev:Releases]]


[[Category:FAQ]]
[[Category:FAQ]]


[[es:Versión de Moodle]]
[[es:Versión de Moodle]]

Revision as of 07:26, 23 March 2017


What version of Moodle am I using?

The version of Moodle which your site is using can be found if you log in as an administrator and go to Site administration > Notifications.

Finding the version of Moodle if you are not an admin

For Moodle sites in English or German (only), if you are a regular teacher with no admin access, you might be able to find your Moodle version by clicking on "Moodle Docs for this page" at the bottom of any Moodle page when logged in. If your admin has allowed this link to display, you should be taken to the documentation for your version of Moodle. Look at the number in the URL e.g. 27 or 32 which mean you are using Moodle 2.7 or 3.2 respectively.

Version.php file

Your exact Moodle version may be obtained by viewing the file moodle/version.php in a text editor. Here is a typical version.php:

<?php

// MOODLE VERSION INFORMATION

// This file defines the current version of the core Moodle code being used.
// This is compared against the values stored in the database to determine
// whether upgrades should be performed (see lib/db/*.php)

    $version = 2007101580.00; // YYYYMMDD      = date of the 1.9 branch (don't change)
                              //         X     = release number 1.9.[0,1,2,3,4,5...]
                              //          Y.YY = micro-increments between releases

    $release = '1.9.8+ (Build: 20100512)';     // Human-friendly version name

?>


Moodle version with (build number) and copyright

Note: You cannot view the contents of version.php in your browser - you must use a text editor.

See also